National mortality estimates
Age-specific, year-specific mortality estimates for Burkina Faso between the years 1988 and 2008 are shown below.
3D (raw estimates)
2D (raw estimates)
2D (spline-smoothed)
Data Table
Data Sources
Data for these estimates is based on the following DHS surveys for Burkina Faso:
Regional trends
Some regional recoding was necessary to harmonize the different surveys. The final regions used in each survey are shown in the plot below:
Mortality trends for each region
The plots below show the mortality experienced by different age groups in the different regions of Burkina Faso.
0 - 14 years
15 - 49 years
Poisson Model
The results of the Poisson regression (using age group, time period and country region as predictors) are shown below:
| Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | Incidence Rate Ratios | CI | p |
| (Intercept) | 0.02 | 0.02 – 0.02 | <0.001 |
| Age Group: 0 - 14 | Reference | ||
| Age Group: 15 - 49 | 0.14 | 0.13 – 0.14 | <0.001 |
| Period: 1980s | Reference | ||
| Period: 1990s | 1.18 | 1.12 – 1.25 | <0.001 |
| Period: 2000s | 1.20 | 1.13 – 1.28 | <0.001 |
|
Region: Central And Southern |
Reference | ||
| Region: Eastern | 0.96 | 0.91 – 1.01 | 0.118 |
| Region: Northern | 1.13 | 1.07 – 1.19 | <0.001 |
| Region: Western | 1.08 | 1.04 – 1.13 | <0.001 |
| Observations | 24 | ||
| R2 Nagelkerke | 1.000 | ||
Data table
Sources
Data was sourced from the following DHS surveys for Burkina Faso:
Below we present the age-specific, year-specific mortality estimates for each region of Burkina Faso between the years 1988 and 2008.